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odds and ends

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odds and ends
miscellaneous things. There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value. I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.
See also: and, end, odds
odds and ends  (British, American & Australian) also odds and sods (British & Australian informal)
a group of small objects of different types which are not very valuable or important I eventually found my keys buried beneath the odds and ends in the bottom of my bag.
See pay over the odds
See also: and, end, odds
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THEN Hunca Munca went back and fetched a chair, a bookcase, a bird-cage, and several small odds and ends.
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But, as before hinted, for some time there was a continual fetching and carrying on board of divers odds and ends of things, both large and small.
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In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
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